Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Classic Morgans (pre-CX) Drooping sun visors

i know several people have mentioned the drooping sun visor problem, made worse by the hard ride of a trad. When we road tested our 4 seater the visors dropped down into view almost immediately and refused to stay put, as a result our dealer offered to replace them and so he did. The new ones were only slightly better and so I thought I would apply my bodging skills to this area.

Here is the drivers side visor in place and unmolested, shows where the mounting bar meets the car and the visor. I cut this area away on the side adjacent to mirror.



Here are the stainless steel clamps - 8mm diameter to fit the mounting bars. These get shoved in between the sheet aluminium and the plyboard capping that is the construction of the visor - a sandwich of sheet aluminium and plyboard covered in vinyl.


Here is the drivers side visor cut and fitted with the hose clamp. I cut 20mm of the aluminium where it is bent around to form a shaft. Basically the sheet is crudely bent on a long side around a bar to mimic a tube that accepts the round stainless mounting bars. It is even more amateurish than I am, the bend is not circular, is rough cut and applys friction to the bar by being distorted by (I assume) a hammer.

The clamp is squeezed between the aluminium sheet and the ply board capping, clamping the mounting bar in the process - the visor still rotates but much less easily. I have yet to road test this setup so you might want to await the results before trying this out.


This job might be the last bit of tinkering for a while as I can't think of any thing else I can do during this period. I would much rather be driving it.